Larry Derfner, at The Blogs

Jan 25, 2021, 5:49 PM

I only hope they come to realize that the vanquishing of Trump wasn't the first time America showed its greatness Going into Election Day last November, less than three months ago, the image of America in the eyes of the...

Jan 18, 2021, 2:09 PM

Treat ‘Friends of Donald’ the same as ‘Friends of Farrakhan’

Anybody who tolerates one but not the other is a hypocrite. This describes the organized American Jewish community

Jan 13, 2021, 4:50 PM

Myth of ‘peaceful Black Lives Matter protests’ and the Capitol coup

Police killed one person out of hundreds in an attempted coup at the Capitol over the course of a day. Police on BLM duty last year killed one person in demonstrations attended by 15 million to 26 million people...

Jan 7, 2021, 6:33 PM

To heal America, convict and imprison Trump

The U.S. is under attack from within, and it will not end after the attackers' leader is out of the White House Joe Biden has been talking since day one of his presidential campaign about how he wants to "heal...

Dec 30, 2020, 5:03 PM

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What to make of the folks in Trump Country?

Jackson Rodeo in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Photo: Melissa Newkirk on Unsplash

I used to have a positive prejudice toward Middle Americans. Now my sense is that many Democrats feel as I do: alienated from them, bewildered by them, scared of them

Mar 21, 2018, 9:46 PM

Deportation Day Looming for African Refugees in Israel

It was a bright, windy, late winter day in the Negev desert, and Thomas Yohannes, an Eritrean asylum-seeker, was getting out of Israel’s Holot detention camp after a year inside. “I’m feeling okay today,” he said with a restrained smile,...

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Larry Derfner is the author of the memoir "Playing Till We Have to Go -- A Jewish childhood in inner-city L.A.," published November 2020. His first memoir was "No Country for Jewish Liberals" (2017). He is also lead singer for The NightCallers, a '60s-'70s rock 'n' soul cover band, and a copy editor and contributor at Haaretz. Previously he was a columnist and feature writer at The Jerusalem Post. He also blogs at larryderfner.com

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